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What replaces office picture manager in office 2013?

Anonymous
2012-07-17T15:09:08+00:00

The Office Picture Manager has been a very quick and easy tool to use, built into Office and readily available no matter what machine I have to use.  I would rather not have to install 3rd party software to do what MS has made easy to do in the past.

Any word on what this app is called now and where it's hidden in the Office 2013 install?

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-11-13T02:58:20+00:00

    The best workaround I've found is to use the free SharePoint Designer 2010 to bootstrap the MS Office Picture Manager.

    You can get the SharePoint Installer from this post:

    http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/A_12697-How-to-Install-Microsoft-Office-Picture-Manager-in-Office-2013.html

    Then, for more detailed instructions, you can follow the Guide Here:

    http://www.askvg.com/how-to-install-and-get-microsoft-office-picture-manager-back-in-office-2013/

    The short version is to run the installer.  

    Then choose "Customize" instead of "Install Now".  

    Then deselect everything that's not "Office Tools" > "Microsoft Office Picture Manager"

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-07-24T18:18:50+00:00

    The Office Picture Manager has been a very quick and easy tool to use, built into Office and readily available no matter what machine I have to use.  I would rather not have to install 3rd party software to do what MS has made easy to do in the past.

    Any word on what this app is called now and where it's hidden in the Office 2013 install?

    Thanks!

    Hey John,

    You are correct that Office Picture Manager was removed from the suite. Inside programs such as PowerPoint and Word there are still editing tools. You also have Windows Live Photo Gallery which I feel is a much more program specific picture editing tool. Hopefully the small change does not effect your trial of the Next Microsoft Office.

    Thanks for Posting!

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-01T23:22:04+00:00

    The Office Picture Manager has been a very quick and easy tool to use, built into Office and readily available no matter what machine I have to use.  I would rather not have to install 3rd party software to do what MS has made easy to do in the past.

    Any word on what this app is called now and where it's hidden in the Office 2013 install?

    Thanks!

    Microsoft has made several bad decisions with Office 2013.  The lack of Picture Manager is one of them.  Windows Live Photo Gallery has feature gaps, as does Word and PowerPoint - compared to Picture Manager.  Removing functionality from a product suite will only promote users to stay on the current platform and will help competitors like Google who are looking to jump on Microsoft's mistakes.

    Let MS know how you feel by going into a photo / edit area in PowerPoint or Word - selecting the smiley in the top toolbar and sending them a big frown regarding the lack of Picture Manager.  That form of feedback works for all of the areas of Office that you find feature gaps, or things you like.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-23T15:44:14+00:00

    It's not a "small change"...it's huge and it's inconvenient.  Why take away a function that was added for convenience and was actually useful?  Microsoft "Office" implies business.  Businesses employ network managers and deny employees the ability to download software.  So, removing the ability to edit pictures at the most basic level and requiring users to download software was a mistake.  And...why do you only have a "helpful" option on this site without an "unhelpful / failed" option?  That's lame.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-08-29T20:32:05+00:00

    I agree with everyone here - how disappointing to lose Picture Manager.   I followed the advice to send a frown - I am not happy and do not want to use a third party picture editor.  Sorry, Microsoft, you goofed up on this one.

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